Bath-tub shower and needle bath.



4 H. A. CALLON. -BATH TUB SHOWER AND NEEDLE BATH. ArPLlcmoN man MA12.19,16.

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HARRY A. CALLONQ OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

l To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. CALLoN, a citizen of the United ,States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Tub Shower and Needle Baths, of which the following s' a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for administering shower and.

i needle baths to a person. who is sitting or reclimng in a bath tub of usual and well known construction, "and to provide such a devicein the form of an attachment which can be applied to tubs already installed and removed therefrom at will.

The object also is to provide means for adjusting the spraying pipes to change the direction of the discharge in order to reach diii'erent .portions of the bathers body.

I accomplish the above and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspetive view of a bath tub with my invention operatively applied thereto. 'Fig 2 is a vertical section through the water intake end of the tub, and Fig.

3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2

showing the swivel pipeunion on a larger scale.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several 'views of the drawings. 4 l

A bath tub 4 is here shown as equipped with Fuller combination hot and cold water faucets controlled by the handles 5, 5, and discharging through a common nozz of usual construction, to which nozzle 6 my attachment is connected and through whichl it receives its supply of water under pres-r sure.

Extending tub by hooks 7,- of metal wire preferably covered with rubber -to avoid in]ury to the tub, is a pipe 8.v "The ends of thispipe bend approximately; at right angles tended horizontally ffor any suitable lengths against the straight sides of the tub where as described for lpipe 8. AThese side pipes Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed May 12, 1916. Serial No. 97,163.

le 6, all

horizontally across the endofI the tubl and suspended from the edge of the' and are exf` my hand and seal at Indianapo'hs, this fifth day of May,'A. D. one thousan nine hundred and sixteen.

i BATH-TUB SHOWER AND NEEDLE BATH.

Patented Nov.l 7, 1916.

are closed at their ends remote from'pipe 8, and they are also provided with small spray-holes 9, in one or more rows longitudinally of the pipes, and to enable the directionsy of discharge through said holes to be raised or lowered at will, `I divide each side pipe transversely and unite the f ends by pipe unions 10, having a swivel formation, preferably with a ground tapering joint asshown, which will not leak `from wear. y

A head-rest 12 is located in the tub where the bathers head will be out of the range of the water jets.l

A T-joint inthe pipe 8 ailords attach-` ment for a pipe 11 which connects with thef"` interior of a small cylinder 12, which, in; i

turn, is connected by a pipe 12'. with the-"- nozzle 6. lThe cylinder 12 acts as a mixing chamber for hot and cold water coming through the combination faucets, in which chamber the temperatures will-be blended v `before the water is delivered to the perforated pipes at the sides of the tub. The pipe 12" telescopes througha gland 13, in'thev cylinder for convenience 1n disconnecting it with the nozzle 6, and it. terminates with an elastic tip 15 at its outer end to receive the nozzle with a tight t.

It is apparent that the device is readily portable" and can forms of/,bath tub now in general use, and itis also apparent that the directions 'of the needlejets can be readilyv adjusted by rocking the pipes at the sides of the tub.

Having thus fully described my inven tion, what'I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is- AThe combination,

connecting and be installed on any of the .gli

9'0' with a bath tub having hot and cold water faucets, of a shower and needle bath attachment, Awaterv conductin means communicating with thev latter, sai means havingA an outlet, a gland at said o utflet secured to said conducting means, a p1pe telescoping through said 'gland,- and an elastic tip on the outer end of the pipe. to receive the nozzle with a tight it. In witness whereof, I, have hereun set Indiana Hauer A. cannon. [1. 8.] 

